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Procrastination Assessment Scale For Students (PASS) : I. Writing A Term Paper
Procrastination Assessment Scale For Students (PASS) : I. Writing A Term Paper
Areas of Procrastination
For each of the following activities, please rate the degree to which you delay or procrastinate.
Rate each item on an “a” to “e” scale according to how often you wait until the last minute to do
the activity. Then indicate on an “a” to “e” scale the degree to which you feel procrastination on
that task is a problem. Finally, indicate on an “a” to “e” scale the degree to which you would
like to decrease your tendency to procrastinate on each task.
3. To what extent do you want to decrease your tendency to procrastinate on this task?
9. To what extent do you want to decrease your tendency to procrastinate on this task?
15. To what extent do you want to decrease your tendency to procrastinate on this task?
Think of the last time the following situation occurred. It's near the end of the semester. The
term paper you were assigned at the beginning of the semester is due very soon. You have not
begun work on this paper. There are reasons why you have been procrastinating on this task.
Rate each of the following reasons on a 5-point scale according to how much it reflects why you
procrastinated at the time. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
19. You were concerned the professor wouldn't like your work.
20. You waited until a classmate did his or hers, so that he/she could give you some advice.
21. You had a hard time knowing what to include and what not to include in your paper.
23. There's some information you needed to ask the professor, but you felt uncomfortable
approaching him/her.
26. You didn't think you knew enough to write the paper.
32. You were concerned that if you did well, your classmates would resent you.
35. You felt it just takes too long to write a term paper.
37. You knew that your classmates hadn't started the paper either.
39. You were concerned you wouldn't meet your own expectations.
40. You were concerned that if you got a good grade, people would have higher expectations
of you in the future.
41. You waited to see if the professor would give you some more information about the
paper.
42. You set very high standards for yourself and you worried that you wouldn't be able to
meet those standards.
46. How many program sessions in total would you be willing to attend if a procrastination
program were offered?
a. none
b. less than five
c. five to ten
d. more than ten
47. How many sessions per week would you be willing to attend?
a. none
b. one
c. two
d. three
48. What time would be the best for you in scheduling such a program? (Choose one)
a. none
b. morning
c. lunchtime
d. afternoon
e. evening
49. What days would be the best for you in scheduling such a program? (Choose one)
a. no days are good
b. weekdays
c. weekends